Community Fundraising
Loading ...Supporter services and donor care – part 2
February 18, 2010I recently had a rant about charities needing to give supporter services priority in their organisational planning and argued that brand investment is wasted if you don’t treat your donors with care, especially in the current economic climate. Meeting up with some colleagues recently we swapped horror stories about organisations not getting it right and [...]
Community Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
The success of fundraising for Haiti
January 22, 2010It is always a challenge to write something positive about others misery; the horrific events in Haiti over the past few weeks have, however, once again demonstrated the incredible power of the web. With many communication channels unusable the web has helped to deliver information and reassurance to desperate friends and loved ones and allow [...]
Community Fundraising, Digital, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
UK Annual Wills & Trusts Research
January 12, 2010Standard Life’s annual Wills & Trusts Research 2008 (with actual data from 2008) found that 22% of the population planned to leave money to a charity, despite the economic downturn. A larger proportion of people who are single are likely to leave money to charity compared with those who are married or cohabiting or widowed, [...]
Supporter Services – getting the basics right
December 21, 2009I’ve been involved in a few projects recently which have required me to ‘test out’ some of the services charities offer to their donors. So I’ve researched the organisations, emailed queries, set up direct debits and even sent in a few good old fashioned letters and cheques. Then sat back ready to enjoy the donor [...]
Video: Interview with Margaret Bennett on Fundraising in a Recession
November 16, 2009At the 29th International Fundraising Congress in The Netherlands last month a series of Masterclasses were offered to attendees to provide insights into the latest thinking in fundraising from around the world.
With the effects of the recession still very much a big issue in the not for profit sector, Howard Lake from UK Fundraising interviewed [...]
Fundraising in an Unpredictable Market
November 11, 2009During a recession the one thing we can be sure of is that we will be fundraising in an unpredictable market. In the 1980s and 1990s, fundraisers had few reference points to enable them to look back at and learn from the past, but today we have a wealth of quite recent experience to draw [...]
A wind of change blowing through the Heritage and Arts Sector
October 16, 2009The UK heritage and arts sector has long enjoyed significant public funding and the operating culture of museums and galleries across the UK is rooted in public sector values and attitudes. Fundraising (or rather development – because of course ‘fundraising’ is too dirty a word for these hallowed places of learning!) has mainly been seen [...]
Peer to peer fundraising platforms
August 28, 2009A lot of the charities I am working with are debating the various merits of peer to peer fundraising platforms (sponsoring a friend online). Much of the debate focuses around which is better – a peer to peer fundraising platform that is integrated into a charity’s website (such as Artez, who THINK work with quite [...]
UK charity investment income falls £239m
July 29, 2009Charities’ income from investment has fallen by £239m(€276m)since the beginning of the recession as corporate and individual donations fall, according to research carried out by Cordea Savills, the property fund manager and Rensburg Sheppards, a wealth manager.
But the fall is, according to the research, not as steep as feared and represents only 6% [...]
Identify the latest sources of grants in the UK
June 16, 2009Funding Information is a subscription resource that provides the latest information on all kinds of grants from trusts and foundations, central government and local authorities, the National Lottery, Europe and companies. If you want to find out more before you subscribe you can either download an example of the info they provide or you can [...]
Community Fundraising, Corporate Fundraising, Trusts & Foundations
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